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Cybersecurity Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Cybersecurity Engineer
SAIC
Role Description Provide enterprise cybersecurity systems engineering, integration, and modernization support for HHS cybersecurity initiatives related to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Zero Trust (ZT), and enterprise security interoperability. - Support analysis, coordination, and integration of cybersecurity technologies, systems, and enterprise security architectures across HHS environments. - Assess interoperability, dependencies, and integration considerations between cybersecurity tools, cryptographic technologies, governance processes, and enterprise systems. - Support implementation planning and coordination for cybersecurity modernization initiatives involving PQC readiness, cryptographic agility, and Zero Trust alignment. - Assist in evaluating system configurations, security architecture alignment, and technical dependencies across enterprise environments. - Collaborate with technical and program stakeholders to support secure, scalable, and interoperable cybersecurity modernization efforts. - Support enterprise cybersecurity engineering activities across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, as applicable. Qualifications - Support enterprise cryptographic discovery, dependency analysis, and interoperability assessment activities associated with cybersecurity modernization and PQC readiness initiatives. - Support discovery and inventory activities related to cryptographic assets across enterprise environments. - Assess and review data related to cryptographic dependencies across enterprise systems, applications, and network environments to identify vulnerable cryptographic implementations and technologies impacted by PQC migration requirements. - Assist in identifying legacy systems, applications, and technologies that may not support PQC algorithms or cryptographic agility principles. - Support interoperability assessments and dependency analysis related to enterprise cryptographic modernization initiatives. - Assist with the evaluation of operational impacts, integration dependencies, and transition considerations associated with PQC modernization efforts. Requirements - Support planning, coordination, and technical integration activities associated with Post-Quantum Cryptography modernization initiatives. - Support the development of migration strategies and implementation roadmaps for transitioning enterprise cybersecurity environments toward PQC-capable solutions. - Assist with implementation planning for TLS 1.3 adoption and other modern cryptographic protocols. - Support evaluation of vendor documentation, product roadmaps, and PQC readiness statements for enterprise technologies and security platforms. - Assist with architecture reviews to support future-state cybersecurity environments, incorporating cryptographic agility principles. - Assist with the development of technical standards, implementation guidance, and engineering baselines supporting PQC migration and modernization activities. - Support evaluation of emerging cybersecurity technologies, standards, and modernization approaches related to PQC implementation considerations. Benefits - Support testing, validation, and technical assessment activities associated with cybersecurity modernization and PQC readiness initiatives. - Assist with the development of testing procedures, interoperability assessments, and validation criteria for PQC-capable technologies and modernization initiatives. - Support review of test results, operational impacts, compatibility considerations, technical risks, and recommended remediation approaches. - Support pilot implementations, proof-of-concept activities, and technical coordination efforts related to PQC migration and cybersecurity modernization planning. - Support risk identification, impact assessments, and technical analysis associated with enterprise cybersecurity modernization efforts. Documentation, Reporting & Stakeholder Coordination - Support operational visibility, technical documentation, reporting, and stakeholder coordination activities across cybersecurity modernization initiatives. - Assist with the development and maintenance of technical documentation, implementation procedures, engineering diagrams, architecture artifacts, and operational guidance. - Support preparation of reports, technical summaries, status updates, technical briefings, leadership presentations, and decision support materials. - Document identified risks, issues, dependencies, implementation considerations, and recommendations associated with PQC migration and cybersecurity modernization activities. - Support the development of inventory reports, migration-related documentation, dashboards, trackers, and reporting artifacts required for federal reporting and compliance activities. - Communicate technical concepts, modernization impacts, and interoperability considerations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Contribute to continuous improvement efforts supporting enterprise cybersecurity modernization, systems integration, and governance alignment.
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